1. Be it enacted by the Members of the McG Model Congress
2. of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3. Section 1: Title
4. “How to Save a Life”
5. Section 2: Findings
6. The United States, even in its great deficit due to war, has been privileged enough to
7. have the luxury of AIDS/ HIV treatment for all who are infected with this disease.
8. Parts of Africa, however, are not so fortunate.
9. 6.2-6.3 million people are in need of AIDS/ HIV treatment and the number rising.
10. In fact, out of every person who test positive for AIDS/ HIV 95% live in poverty
11. stricken Africa.
12. The majority of survivors of the genocide in Rwanda were raped, which heightened
13. their chances of being HIV-positive by thirty percent. In these difficult times the
14. Rwandans need to repopulate for the sake of their country. This task is not so simple
15. because the AIDS disease will potentially be passed on throughout the future
16. generations. In order to rebuild the Rwandan people, treatment is a necessity.
17. America, Europe, Japan and Brazil are well-off enough to afford the treatment. In
18. Rwanda, they have been a leader in treatment with their government helping to treat
19. some 340,000 people being treated of the 400,000 people that are HIV-positive.
20. Section 3: Purposes
21. The primary purpose of this bill is to help secure the future of the United States by
22. not only proving to be a helpful nation, but also by ending a war that has done
23. nothing but devastate the American budget, but also cripple the people’s trust in
24. their government officials’ ability to make the right choices. This bill helps lower the
25. increasing cases of AIDS/ HIV by spreading treatment and helps to facilitate the
26. return the American soldiers.
27. The availability of treatment would greatly lower the amount of orphans that have
28. been abandoned by AIDS ridden adults. This would better society and future
29. generations altogether.
30. Section 4: Eligibility
31. Africans affected by AIDS, the reputation American government and American
32. soldiers in Iraq will all benefit.
33. Section 5: Terms and Benefits
34. The government must set in place more contraceptives that will prevent the spread of
35.AIDS/ HIV from partner to partner. This would greatly reduce the amount of people
36. infected with AIDS/ HIV. Bill Clinton and Bill Gates’ efforts have already made an
37. impact in bring awareness of a new contraceptive technology with promise.
38. For every million dollars spent in Iraq there should be five thousand dollars will be
39. organized and sent to the local governments of Africa, strictly for the purposes of
40. AIDS treatment. This money would also help educate doctors on giving AIDS/ HIV
41. treatment.
42. There could be a tax cut for American doctors who assist African nursing and doctors
43. in training and spreading of the treatment. These doctors would also receive
44. unlimited citrus fruits to help avoid scurvy.
Bill Topic: America's Fight Against Aids
Examples of Similar Bills and Resolutions from the 109th Congress
ONE: http://www.one.org/aids_poverty (Take a look under what more we can do---education is a key area where we need to do more. Couple that with removing the gag rule (first link above) and there may be something you can work with here.)
Senator Bland and Senator Boyce
Bill Topic: AIDS Treatment
1. Be it enacted by the Members of the McG Model Congress
2. of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3. Section 1: Title
4. “How to Save a Life”
5. Section 2: Findings
6. The United States, even in its great deficit due to war, has been privileged enough to
7. have the luxury of AIDS/ HIV treatment for all who are infected with this disease.
8. Parts of Africa, however, are not so fortunate.
9. 6.2-6.3 million people are in need of AIDS/ HIV treatment and the number rising.
10. In fact, out of every person who test positive for AIDS/ HIV 95% live in poverty
11. stricken Africa.
12. The majority of survivors of the genocide in Rwanda were raped, which heightened
13. their chances of being HIV-positive by thirty percent. In these difficult times the
14. Rwandans need to repopulate for the sake of their country. This task is not so simple
15. because the AIDS disease will potentially be passed on throughout the future
16. generations. In order to rebuild the Rwandan people, treatment is a necessity.
17. America, Europe, Japan and Brazil are well-off enough to afford the treatment. In
18. Rwanda, they have been a leader in treatment with their government helping to treat
19. some 340,000 people being treated of the 400,000 people that are HIV-positive.
20. Section 3: Purposes
21. The primary purpose of this bill is to help secure the future of the United States by
22. not only proving to be a helpful nation, but also by ending a war that has done
23. nothing but devastate the American budget, but also cripple the people’s trust in
24. their government officials’ ability to make the right choices. This bill helps lower the
25. increasing cases of AIDS/ HIV by spreading treatment and helps to facilitate the
26. return the American soldiers.
27. The availability of treatment would greatly lower the amount of orphans that have
28. been abandoned by AIDS ridden adults. This would better society and future
29. generations altogether.
30. Section 4: Eligibility
31. Africans affected by AIDS, the reputation American government and American
32. soldiers in Iraq will all benefit.
33. Section 5: Terms and Benefits
34. The government must set in place more contraceptives that will prevent the spread of
35.AIDS/ HIV from partner to partner. This would greatly reduce the amount of people
36. infected with AIDS/ HIV. Bill Clinton and Bill Gates’ efforts have already made an
37. impact in bring awareness of a new contraceptive technology with promise.
38. For every million dollars spent in Iraq there should be five thousand dollars will be
39. organized and sent to the local governments of Africa, strictly for the purposes of
40. AIDS treatment. This money would also help educate doctors on giving AIDS/ HIV
41. treatment.
42. There could be a tax cut for American doctors who assist African nursing and doctors
43. in training and spreading of the treatment. These doctors would also receive
44. unlimited citrus fruits to help avoid scurvy.
Bill Topic: America's Fight Against Aids
Examples of Similar Bills and Resolutions from the 109th Congress
H.R. Res. 844 : http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/109/bills/h_res_844/ (click on read more at the Library of Congress)
S. 350: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s109-350
H.R. 4188: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h109-4188
Resources
Human Rights Watch: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/11/16/usdom14627.htm (This might be something to possibly fix)
USAID: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/ (This is what we are currently doing)
ONE: http://www.one.org/aids_poverty (Take a look under what more we can do---education is a key area where we need to do more. Couple that with removing the gag rule (first link above) and there may be something you can work with here.)